sigyn_halja: (rainbow bridge)
2014-12-13 06:40 pm
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A Fangirl Reads the Waltharius

Because of course while writing a Nibelungenlied parody I have to have Nibelungenlied feels. Which mainly means Kriemhild feels and Hagen feels. Which means mostly Hagen feels, okay, I admit it. You try resisting the dark, grim but utterly loyal and dedicated badass with all the angsty backstories, I dare you.

… By feels I obviously mean “let’s see if I can search for hours to find LOADS of obscure stuff and contradicting information and generally get even more obsessed”.

So, yeah. I finally read the Waltharius - in English, because I just can’t ever find stuff in Italian, Italian literary has no stuff - and you probably should too.

If you like stories about true love, dangerous adventures, brave knights, great treasures, parents selling their own children to save their asses, asshole kings acting like assholes, and lots of maiming, that’s it. But, then again, who doesn’t?

Have a helpful link: http://ilcrepuscolo.altervista.org/php5/index.php/Waltharius_Manu_Fortis



Anyway. This is what I got from reading the Waltharius.
Warning for silly fangirl interpretation of overdramatic epic poems, of course.




( Fangirling over normal stuff is overrated anyway )




… Basically, expect fics. Slash fics. OT3 fics. Angst fics. Missing Moments fics.
All the fics.
Well, as soon as I get over my writer’s block and everything I write stops being crap, anyway.
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sigyn_halja: (sleipnir has two mommies)
2014-07-20 01:22 am
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Just spreading the love

So, I may have already put some backhanded reference to him in a post. And I may have been pondering for a while if it was the case to spam him all over the place  - it was, it still is.

But someone says it much better than I think I could. I don't know what the hell happened and I don't think I even want to know, because I know I'd just get angry at the whole world for an unreasonable amount of time (yeah, that's something I do), but I agree with this post on so. Many. Levels.

Seriously, I'm not heathen or pagan and I don't even have tumbrl, I'm just a cluesless Norse Mythology fangirl who reads the gods as characters to squee over or - in her best days - as archetypes and costructions born out of a certain kind of society. But GLE's askblog is one of my favourite things on the Internet.

You want interesting aricles? He has them. You want books and essays? He'll point you in the right direction and give links where he can. You're tired of people telling you their UPGs are totally the complete and universally accepted truth, misquoting stuff and trying to make you feel like an idiot because you don't know stuff that doesn't even happen in the lore, copying random stuff from Raven Kaldera, pretending to destroy misconceptions once and for all while actually serving you only not-too-plausible theories, and NEVER FUCKING SPELLING OUT JUST WHICH FUCKING SOURCE THEY'RE USING TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIMS? GLE saved me from a life of repeatedly headdesking every single time I look up something Norse-related on the Internet.

Also, he is a really great guy. He's helpful, honest, intelligent, always ready to call out racism, sexism and every other shitty -ism. Sometimes he posts things that make me want to hug him so much. With him, you can always be sure to learn something new about Norse Myths or heathenry in general without having to face lots of triggering stuff.

So, yeah. Just check him out and have your mind blown by his sheer awesomeness, 'kay?





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sigyn_halja: (morgan approval)
2014-06-24 07:49 pm
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Fuck Yeah London Investigation 'N' Detective Society

Rewatching Love & Monsters. Again.

I can't be the only one who loves this episode to death. Seriously, I can't. The humor, the characters, the Doctor-sculpture-thingy!

I want missing moments fanfictions about the time when everybody was just starting to get to know each other, about the happy moments and the emotional and angsty moments, about the band and the novel-reading and the guess-what-the-Doctor-actually-is game, about the epic friendships and the budding romances.

I want an AU where everybody lives and Mr Skinner and Bridget have a chance to go on that date.

... Damnit, how can I be the only one?! Have you no heart at all, people?
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